#8EA5C8#8EA5C8

#8EA5C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.057 H 258.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA5C8
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(216, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(216, 29%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, 0.09, -20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 20.51, 270.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0113 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.057 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0328, 36.8299, 59.8954)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA5C8 #C8B18E

analogous

#8EC2C8 #8EA5C8 #948EC8

triadic

#8EA5C8 #C88EA5 #A5C88E

tetradic

#8EA5C8 #C88EC2 #C8B18E #8EC894

square

#8EA5C8 #C88EC2 #C8B18E #8EC894

split-complementary

#8EA5C8 #C8948E #C2C88E

monochromatic

#486694 #6584B4 #8EA5C8 #B7C6DC #E0E7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#8EA5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#8EA5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA5C8

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA5C8	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EACB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.057 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bfd8',
    500: '#8ea5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea5c8;
$custom-light: #b0bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.207,
    "s": 34.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71664,
    "c": 0.05743,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA5C8

secondary

#E2DBD0

accent

#7F38AD

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F5F7FA

border

#CFD0D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA5C8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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